I am sure I am failing in some way but it's difficult when your other two dogs were so easy to train.
With Wrigley I just watched him like a hawk--he had maybe 5 accidents and had no problem at 10 weeks holding it for 10 hours. He tried crying maybe once or twice and I yelled be quiet and he never did it again.
Problems:
Potty training: Plinko doesn't seem to be getting potty. He knows that outside you go potty but he doesn't correlate when you are inside and have to go you have to wait to go outside. He is 7-8 months old now. I take him out often, praise and treat. If I catch him going in the house I give a "No" and take him outside. I absolutely have to come home at lunch and let him out or he will pee--which is not something I was used to doing.
He also pees his bed at night. We let him out around 11pm (at this point he hasn't had water for at least 2 hours) at 6am he generally starts crying and if you don't jump and run as fast as you can he pees (or may have already peed). I believe I am going to put him in his small travel bag without a bed--he seems to be less willing to pee in there than with the larger crate and a bed at night.
Crying: He loves to cry. He cried when he needs to go potty and is in the crate (this is good I suppose) but then he cries if he wants food or cries because he is thirsty. For instance usually the dogs eat at 7am. At 6 he starts crying--I let him out potty (in hopes of no accident) but then I go back to bed for another 45 min.He will cry the entire time until I have fed him--then if I don't give him water right away he will cry. If he is in the crate and the other dogs are out he will cry. If all of them are away and my husband and I are home he will cry. I hate dog crying--it is the worst sound in the world~!
Sometimes I feel like I am at the end of my rope! I have been consistent and have used positive reinforcement the entire time for the most part. I feel bad because I regret getting him at times.
With Wrigley I just watched him like a hawk--he had maybe 5 accidents and had no problem at 10 weeks holding it for 10 hours. He tried crying maybe once or twice and I yelled be quiet and he never did it again.
Problems:
Potty training: Plinko doesn't seem to be getting potty. He knows that outside you go potty but he doesn't correlate when you are inside and have to go you have to wait to go outside. He is 7-8 months old now. I take him out often, praise and treat. If I catch him going in the house I give a "No" and take him outside. I absolutely have to come home at lunch and let him out or he will pee--which is not something I was used to doing.
He also pees his bed at night. We let him out around 11pm (at this point he hasn't had water for at least 2 hours) at 6am he generally starts crying and if you don't jump and run as fast as you can he pees (or may have already peed). I believe I am going to put him in his small travel bag without a bed--he seems to be less willing to pee in there than with the larger crate and a bed at night.
Crying: He loves to cry. He cried when he needs to go potty and is in the crate (this is good I suppose) but then he cries if he wants food or cries because he is thirsty. For instance usually the dogs eat at 7am. At 6 he starts crying--I let him out potty (in hopes of no accident) but then I go back to bed for another 45 min.He will cry the entire time until I have fed him--then if I don't give him water right away he will cry. If he is in the crate and the other dogs are out he will cry. If all of them are away and my husband and I are home he will cry. I hate dog crying--it is the worst sound in the world~!
Sometimes I feel like I am at the end of my rope! I have been consistent and have used positive reinforcement the entire time for the most part. I feel bad because I regret getting him at times.